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character does not fit trope: he never kills anyone in revenge for his wife's death


* CrusadingWidower: Season 8 opens with him having left the NYPD to work for another lab that's trying to find the DNA of and identify 9/11 victims, including his late wife, Claire.

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Trope was cut/disambiguated due to cleanup, Fixing indentation, split up a two-trope line


* AtonementDetective / ByTheBookCop: Former Marine; see SemperFi below. Tells someone he's about to fire for even considering compromising evidence:

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* AtonementDetective / AtonementDetective: Former Marine who still occasionally has flashbacks to the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing in which another man died in his arms. Tells one smug young perp, "I put men in the ground on foreign soil so you can sleep at night."
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ByTheBookCop: Former Marine; see SemperFi below. Tells someone he's about to fire for even considering compromising evidence:



* {{Catchphrase}}: If he has one, it's "My name is Mac Taylor," which, incidentally, is the title of the 100th episode, but he does not use it there; it's only uttered by *other* people with that name.

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* {{Catchphrase}}: CharacterCatchphrase: If he has one, it's "My name is Mac Taylor," which, incidentally, is the title of the 100th episode, but he does not use it there; it's only uttered by *other* people with that name.



* CoolShades: Occasionally, such as in "Zoo York," he'll [[GlassesPull pull Horatio's trick.]]

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* CoolShades: Occasionally, such as in "Zoo York," he'll [[GlassesPull pull Horatio's trick.]]trick]] with his own dark sunglasses.



--> '''Mac:''' [[ILikeThoseOdds I'll take those odds.]]
** 10 minutes into the episode, the team has it narrowed down to the correct hotel.

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--> '''Mac:''' [[ILikeThoseOdds I'll take those odds.]]
** 10
]] Ten minutes into the episode, the team has it narrowed down to the correct hotel.
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Removing as there's no mention of an oath to be sisters though the necklace vial of blood leads me to think that it could potentially count if rewritten.


* BloodBrothers: With her foster sister who still had some of Stella's blood in a necklace vial, which led to it getting found at a PA crime scene during the ''Series/ColdCase'' crossover episode, "Cold Reveal."

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* TheInsomniac: In the premiere, Stella asks Mac what time he came in to work; he says he never went home. In a later episode, she chides him about it, saying "You're never going to get any sleep in this lifetime, are you?" Once Jo takes over as second-in-command, she takes up the cause and even has Flack haul Mac out of a crime scene after he's been up for at least two, possibly three, days straight.

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* TheInsomniac: He doesn't like going home to an empty apartment. In the premiere, Stella asks Mac what time he came in to work; he says he never went home. In a later episode, she chides him about it, saying "You're never going to get any sleep in this lifetime, are you?" Once Jo takes over as second-in-command, she takes up the cause and even has Flack haul Mac out of a crime scene after he's been up for at least two, possibly three, days straight. Stella keeps on him about it too:
-->'''Stella:''' What do you do when you can't sleep?\\
'''Mac:''' Work.\\
'''Stella:''' No, what do ''normal people'' do when they can't sleep?



* TheSleepless: He's an insomniac who doesn't like going home to an empty apartment. Jo once had Flack remove him from a crime scene in an effort to make him go home for a couple hours of sleep. Stella kept on him about it too:
-->'''Stella''': When's the last time you got some sleep?\\
'''Mac''': What's sleep?\\\
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-->'''Stella''': What do you do when you can't sleep?\\
'''Mac''': Work.\\
'''Stella''': No, what do *normal people* do when they can't sleep?
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Hurting Hero is a disambiguation


* HeartbrokenBadass / HurtingHero: Lost his wife, Claire, in the 9/11 attacks. Suffered with insomnia for years afterward.

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* HeartbrokenBadass / HurtingHero: HeartbrokenBadass: Lost his wife, Claire, in the 9/11 attacks. Suffered with insomnia for years afterward.
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* TheMedic: In addition to his volunteer duties, Sheldon serves as the team's go-to medical professional. Mac one asked him to stay outside while he and the other officers chase a heavily armed gang into a building because he expects casualties needing immediate medical attention. Sheldon replies, "Then this is where I'll be." In another episode, he tends to Sid before the ambulance arrives when the M.E. is exposed to radiation.

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* TheMedic: In addition to his volunteer duties, Sheldon serves as the team's go-to medical professional. Mac one once asked him to stay outside while he and the other officers chase a heavily armed gang into a building because he expects casualties needing immediate medical attention. Sheldon replies, "Then this is where I'll be." In another episode, he tends to Sid before the ambulance arrives when the M.E. is exposed to radiation.
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-->'''Dubbed by:''' Céline Monsarrat (European French)

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-->'''Dubbed by:''' Céline Monsarrat Creator/CelineMonsarrat (European French)

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cross-wicking


* HeroDoesPublicService / TheMedic: Volunteers at a clinic and as a medic in Central Park on his days off.

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* HeroDoesPublicService / TheMedic: HeroDoesPublicService: Volunteers at a clinic and as a medic in Central Park on his days off.off.
* TheMedic: In addition to his volunteer duties, Sheldon serves as the team's go-to medical professional. Mac one asked him to stay outside while he and the other officers chase a heavily armed gang into a building because he expects casualties needing immediate medical attention. Sheldon replies, "Then this is where I'll be." In another episode, he tends to Sid before the ambulance arrives when the M.E. is exposed to radiation.
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added detail to virtual ZCE


* TheLabRat: It's his job after all.

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* TheLabRat: It's his job after all.Adam bounces around between DNA, Trace, Audio-Visual, and eventually Ballistics.

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* ItIsNotYourTime: [[spoiler: Claire]] tells him so in [[spoiler: "Near Death."]]
* TheLostLenore: His late wife Claire.

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* TheInsomniac: In the premiere, Stella asks Mac what time he came in to work; he says he never went home. In a later episode, she chides him about it, saying "You're never going to get any sleep in this lifetime, are you?" Once Jo takes over as second-in-command, she takes up the cause and even has Flack haul Mac out of a crime scene after he's been up for at least two, possibly three, days straight.
* ItIsNotYourTime: [[spoiler: Claire]] tells him so in after [[spoiler: he's shot and nearly succumbs to his injuries in "Near Death."]]
* TheLostLenore: His late wife Claire.Claire, who died in the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and whom Mac is not only still mourning in the series premiere three years later, but is also not over her enough to fully commit to a new girlfriend two *more* years after that.
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* TheInfiltration: Her backstory is revealed in "Blood Out." She'd spent 17 months as a member of the Trinatarios, a Dominican street gang known for drug dealing, while assigned to the NYPD's Narcotics unit. When her cover was blown, she got reassigned to Homicide and became Flack's partner.

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